Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the reason why.
  • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 days ago

    That gives me such a cool new perspective on our world, to think that the ancient rocks deep beneath my feet are dripping into an inferno at the core of the planet like a giant lava lamp. Those drops must be enormous.